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Cream - the first supergroup?

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Westside Connection

Whaddaya know? A rap supergroup, this one consisting of Ice Cube, WC and Mack 10. The trio's first album Bow Down contained the hit title track not to mention Gangstas Make The World Go Round. (It also featured All The Critics In New York, a brutal East Coast put down). 2003's Terrorist Threats made Dick Cheney's Top Ten for that year. As of late, the group is on hiatus, and there is speculation that The Game could replace Mack 10. "Maybe," says Ice Cube, in what is supposedly a definitive statement on the matter.
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A Perfect Circle

With Tool releasing albums every 10,000 days or so, singer Maynard James Keenan found another creative outlet with A Perfect Circle, which includes Josh Freese (NIN), James Iha (The Smashing Pumpkins), Jeordie White (Marilyn Manson) and guitar tech to the alt-rock stars, Billy Howerdel. The band has released three albums that manage to bridge the gap between dense modern rock and pop. On their first tour, Maynard took to wearing a long blonde wig to distinguish himself from his Tool persona, a move that fooled no one, but as long as he had fun, that's all that matters. Currently on hiatus, the group is said to be thinking about recording "a song at a time."
MusicRadar rating 3/5

Velvet Revolver

Formed as one big 'fuck-you' to Axl Rose, Velvet Revolver counts three members of Guns N' Roses (Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum), along with ex- (and now current) Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland and one-time Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner. The band broke out of the gate big-time with their debut album Contraband and its Grammy-winning single Slither. 2007's Libertad was a wobbly follow-up, and the group soon found itself without a singer when Weiland announced on stage that he was splitting - always a great way to end a set. Currently the band is searching for a replacement singer, and while numerous names have been floated in recent weeks, the official word is that "nothing is happening."
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